| I had the opportunity to listen to a thunderstorm from inside the room a few days ago. The rain could not be heard. Thunder yes. And we're not under any aircraft flight path. But we are 40ft from railroad tracks. So when the train comes by about 4 times a day we have to take a 45 second break. Not ideal, but almost impossible to structurally isolate that. Our current mix room was designed by acoustic engineers with floating concrete floors and sand filled concrete block walls, lead lined doors, etc. The cost was very high, and you can still feel a slight rumble. So we've opted to not isolate to that extent with this room. It would quadruple the build price and only give us a few more minutes per day.
Otherwise, the room is very quite - less than Dolby requirements. No mechanical noise at all.
Since we've outlined a basic floor plan, over the next few months I should have time to evaluate different acoustic treatment ideas. I'd like to get more information about the "wedgie walls" Jay talked about. |